{"id":1142,"date":"2012-08-29T09:27:45","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T23:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asktheatheist.com\/?p=1142"},"modified":"2012-08-29T11:25:32","modified_gmt":"2012-08-29T01:25:32","slug":"why-im-an-atheist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asktheatheist.com\/?p=1142","title":{"rendered":"Why I’m An Atheist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Question from Jenna:<\/strong>
\nDid God disappoint you in anyway that caused you not to believe? Or do you just not believe because no one ever taught you the right thing?
\n
\nQuestion from Ryan:<\/strong>
\nWhat event(s) in your life made you believe there is no god?
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\nQuestion from Randy:<\/strong>
\nIn what part of your life have you decided or came to the conclusion that there is no God?
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\nQuestion from Carly:<\/strong>
\nAs an Atheist, why do you think that people believe in God if you don’t? With that answer, why don’t you believe in God?
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\nAnswer by SmartLX<\/a>:<\/strong>
\nWe’ve had a sudden influx of questions, some of which are fairly similar, so I may be grouping more together in the short term.
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\nMy essay “Why I am an atheist”<\/a> on Pharyngula will answer the above questions. It was a gift to PZ so I won’t reproduce it here, but click the link. It won’t bite.
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\nEdit:<\/em><\/strong> Carly, your question is related but slightly different. Most people believe because, like me, they’ve been brought up to believe in a particular faith but, unlike me, they’ve never seen a good reason to question it. This is not a comment on their intelligence or anything else; chances are, by the time they’re of an age where they might<\/em> question their faith, they’re so emotionally invested in it that they see doubt as downright dangerous and actively avoid challenges. (This emotional investment is what I inadvertently allowed to fade away.) All those who have been converted by “religious experience”, religious apologetics, doorknockers and so forth are of insignificant number compared to the billions who simply accept what they’re told as children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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